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Monday, April 13, 2015

Two
of your favorite superheroes, Thor and The Hulk, are once again
portrayed by acclaimed actors Chris Hemsworth and Mark Ruffalo,
respectively, in Marvel's highly anticipated action-adventure
“Avengers: Age of Ultron.”

Remaining
where he was last seen at the end of “Thor: The Dark World” is
the God of Thunder himself. Chris Hemsworth explains how his
character has gotten more comfortable and accepting of his earthly
surroundings.

“Thor
has decided to stay on and so we see a more grounded, earthly version
of Thor than we have in the past,” says Hemsworth. “It is nice
because there are a few more opportunities to showcase some humor and
see him in some casual gear instead of the red cape and armor that we
always see him in. He’s a central part of the team now and there’s
certainly a unity that they’ve all formed now as a group and are
solid.”

The
actor continues, “Thor sees the bigger picture of the current
conflict that’s going on. There’s the initial battle, which
they’re all involved in, but Thor uses his Asgardian knowledge and
starts to tap into some otherworldly possibilities and threats that
he thinks are coming.”

“Chris
Hemsworth is Thor now,” states producer Kevin Feige. “He has done
such an unbelievable job at embodying a character that in any other
hands could be completely non-relatable and stand out like a sore
thumb. Despite the red cape, a hammer and his Asgardian lingo, Chris
has humanized the character. He’s such an integral part of the
team, but at the same time, he is the lynchpin between Earth and
everything else. He was our guide into the cosmic side of the Marvel
Universe and in this film he continues to be the one who has a
certain amount of knowledge that nobody else has because he grew up
on the other side of the universe. He is aware of cosmic histories,
legends and mythologies that nobody on Earth is aware of and is the
portal to a much bigger, grander side of the Marvel Universe.”

A
surprise for the filmmakers was the fans’ reaction and love affair
with Bruce Banner aka The Hulk in Marvel’s “The Avengers.” Some
of the biggest moments and laughs in the film were when the big green
guy was in action. For actor Mark Ruffalo, it was an unexpected
whirlwind of events. “I was completely caught off guard by how much
people responded to Hulk and Banner,” says Ruffalo. “It’s a
tough nut to crack and some really great people have had a chance at
it, so I concluded at best I’ll stay with the group and I won’t
embarrass myself and my fellow actors. So I just approached it like
everything else and tried to come up with a game plan and stick to it
and do the best I can and hope that somebody responds to it. I was
thrilled to see the outcome and how the fans responded.”

“What
director Joss Whedon really wanted to do with Banner was take away
some of the self-loathing,” says Feige. “Mark is so endearing in
real life and up on screen that was a new side that people hadn’t
seen for a long time in a Bruce Banner and it continues in ‘Avengers:
Age of Ultron.’ He’s always been a nervous, brilliant scientist
with this affliction of the Hulk. One of my favorite things about the
first film with the relationship between Tony Stark and Bruce Banner
is Joss made them science partners and the Internet and fandom
embraced it. I love the notion that when people were talking about
what they can’t wait to see in another Avengers movie it was ‘Stark
and Banner doing science.’ That’s a testament to what Joss did in
the first film.”

“Banner
basically moved in with Tony Stark after he didn’t have anywhere to
go at the end of the last Avengers,” explains Ruffalo. “He
traveled around and he did his thing, but Stark took him in and there
was a lot of mutually beneficial, qualities that they get from each
other. One of them is their understanding of science, and what
Banner’s specialty is has been really well augmented with what
Tony’s been up to. Banner was also a renegade at one point and he
was crazy enough as a scientist to actually try it on himself and I
think he crumbled into himself from the bad experience of it. Tony
did the same thing, but was a successful version of what Banner
wanted to be. He did all this stuff to himself, but actually really
benefitted from it. So I think in a weird way Banner has a tempering
effect on Tony and conversely Tony has a livening affect on Banner.”

“Banner’s
been on the run for so much of his life,” says Joss Whedon. “I
love that tag at the end of ‘Iron Man 3’ where you see that
they’re just hanging out. He’s not just part of a team, but a lot
of Tony Stark’s research. When we designed the lab for Avengers
Tower it was very important to say ‘This is Tony’s area, and this
is Banner’s area.’ Banner’s area is very impressive, but Tony’s
is bigger. Banner really has found a place where thanks to Natasha
he’s been able to sort of control the Hulk. It’s the idea that
when they’re in a situation where they need the big green guy he is
there. And Mark Ruffalo also got what he so desperately wanted in the
first film, a pair of Avengers-issued stretchy pants that Tony has
made for him.”

Get
set for an action-packed thrill ride when The Avengers return in
Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron” in Philippine cinemas
on April 22, 2015.